Scans are stuck on the server with PaX

Issue

• PaX is used on the server.

• Scans do not show any progress:

  # imunify360-agent malware on-demand status
  created: 1670968054 
  ... 
  phase: preparing file list 
  progress: 0 
  queued: 229 
  ... 
  status: running

Environment

• Imunify360
• ImunifyAV
• Malware scanner
• PaX

Solution

Add internal Imunify PHP handler to /etc/paxctld.conf:

# grep php-internal /etc/paxctld.conf
/opt/alt/php-internal/usr/bin/php m